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WWD 09/13/2005

Reading the Tea Leaves: As Saks Inc. Nears Deal, SFA Speculation Swirls

As its parent, Saks Inc., inches closer to shedding its northern department store group and Club Libby Lu division, speculation continues to swirl over the future ownership of its crown jewel, SFA.

Reading the Tea Leaves: As Saks Inc. Nears Deal, SFA Speculation Swirls

As its parent, Saks Inc., inches closer to shedding its northern department store group and Club Libby Lu division, speculation continues to swirl over the...

— Sep 13, 2005

Purely Donna

Donna Karan considers herself a purist when it comes to well-being.

— Sep 13, 2005

Katrina's Wake Felt in the Tents

Many retailers, designers and other fashion insiders differ about how Hurricane Katrina will affect the desire of Americans to shop, as well as the disaster's overall economic impact.

— Sep 13, 2005

Web Site Mixes Shopping, Fashion Advice

Glam.com may be a retailer's dream come true: A Web site that looks like a magazine, but whose content can be clicked and bought.

— Sep 13, 2005

BCBG Opens in Prime Miami Beach Locale

As part of its aggressive retail expansion, which included the debut of its Los Angeles flagship in July, the company has plucked a prime corner location on the 50-yard line of Miami Beach's Lincoln Road.

— Sep 13, 2005

Armani Exchange Pursues Lifestyle Marketing Gains

Armani Exchange is trying to reach new customers with a marketing strategy that taps into the core of their lifestyle: music, culture and fashion.

— Sep 13, 2005

Lacroix Trains Eye on Rails

The first fashion designer to dress France's prized fleet of high-speed trains, Lacroix unveiled plush and futuristic seating pods in vivid red and purple.

— Sep 13, 2005

Linda Loudermilk's Eco-Friendly Approach

It's not enough that Linda Loudermilk wants to affect the way we dress. What she really wants to do is change the world.

— Sep 13, 2005

Roots Turns Focus to Leather

Roots is still outfitting the Canadian Olympic speed skating team and the 2006 U.S. Winter Olympic team.

— Sep 13, 2005

Fed: Retail Sales Heat Up As Summer Winds Down

Retail sales and overall economic activity picked up across most of the U.S. in late July and August.

— Sep 13, 2005

IT Holding Posts Net Loss of $13.9M

Higher financial costs linked to a new bond issue pushed IT Holding into the red for the first half of the year.

— Sep 13, 2005

Valentino Profits Gain 9% in Half

Thanks to a strong sales performance of its Valentino and Hugo Boss brands, Valentino Fashion Group posted robust first-half results.

— Sep 13, 2005

Buyers in Romantic Mood at Dallas Shows

Retailers had mostly elevated budgets and said early fall and back-to-school traffic was strong.

— Sep 13, 2005

Obituary: Philip J. Hahn, Co-Chairman Of M. Fabrikant

Hahn began in 1947 with the company that was founded by his great uncle, Max Fabrikant.

— Sep 13, 2005

Ethnic Looks Top Paris Show Trends

African-inspired jewelry and bags were a continuing trend, while a more subdued direction for spring-summer 2006 was apparent.

— Sep 13, 2005

Memo Pad: Not Too Shy Shy ... Changing Channels ... Set For Takeoff

Seventeen seems to be getting over its squeamishness about sex.

— Sep 13, 2005

Texworld Tackles Tough Outlook As Competitors Gain Strength

These are tough times for European textile firms.

— Sep 13, 2005

Sister Mills Offer Fresh Fabrics

Most Italian mills follow the same story line but Ultra's history is a little different.

— Sep 13, 2005

Lace Returns to the Fore

The cornucopia of styles to be presented at this year's edition of Premiere Vision promises to unleash yet another important wave of influence.

— Sep 13, 2005

Asian Mills Seek Direct Contact With U.S. Market

Fabric and garment manufacturers from Thailand and South Korea exhibiting at shows in New York last week sought to convince U.S. buyers they were competitive with China.

— Sep 13, 2005

Industry Awaits Crucial Trade Bill Verdicts

A House subcommittee on trade is poised to make decisions on whether to include several bills in a trade package that could have significant ramifications for the fashion industry.

— Sep 13, 2005

Cotton Poised to Grow as Oil Prices Climb

The recent spike in oil prices has put man-made fibers manufactured from oil derivatives at a cost disadvantage.

— Sep 13, 2005

Calvin Klein Signs Markwins Deal

The line will be branded under the cK Calvin Klein Beauty name. This confirms a report that appeared on May 11.

— Sep 13, 2005

Beauty Beat: Clairol Taps Hatcher

Clairol has tapped "Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher to be the face of its iconic Nice 'n Easy hair color brand.

— Sep 13, 2005

Power Outage Hits L.A.

A power failure caused by an accidentally severed cable blacked out a major swath of the Los Angeles area on Monday.

— Sep 13, 2005

Shining Stars

It's a cutthroat world on the red carpet, but occasionally smaller houses claim a sliver of the celebrity dressing spotlight from the usual big names.

— Sep 13, 2005

Artsy Fashion

So long as there are dresses that retail for the price of a Picasso, there will be exhibitions trumpeting fashion as art.

— Sep 13, 2005

It's In The Bag

It's the social nightmare of every New York lady worth her Louboutins: she gets decked out in her black-tie best and arrives at the party only to find that someone else is wearing the exact same outfit.

— Sep 13, 2005

Chic of the Show

Chic of the Show: Veronica Webb

— Sep 13, 2005

The Reformers

Egalitarian fashion? Designers in New York have had enough of it.

— Sep 13, 2005

Sleek, Sweet and Sassy - Diane von Furstenberg, Betsey Johnson, Cynthia Steffe, Jill Stuart, Luca Luca, Reem Acra

All that was missing from Diane von Furstenberg's show was the Trevi Fountain.

— Sep 13, 2005

Turning on the Light - Luella Bartley, Dana Buchman, Gary Graham, James Coviello, Joanna Mastroianni, Ruffian, Y & Kei, Atil Kutoglu

Luella Bartley has been a member of the country-club set for years now, but she's the sort of cardholder who's always on the verge of getting kicked out for breaking the dress code.

— Sep 13, 2005

On the Rise

Three new labels showed strong potential at Gen Art's Fresh Faces in Fashion, where Kyan Douglas of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" played host.

— Sep 13, 2005

St. John's New Angel?

First Kelly, then Gisele and now Angelina.

— Sep 13, 2005

Fashion Scoops: Act of Charity ... After The Fall ... Courteney's Moment ...

Seventh on Sixth plans to reveal today its latest edition to show week: a special charity runway show to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

— Sep 13, 2005

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Reading the Tea Leaves: As Saks Inc. Nears Deal, SFA Speculation Swirls

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